Key Changes under the New Funding Model

This 2014 powerpoint presentation published by the Global Fund focuses on inclusiveness of country dialogue as it relates to the timing of concept note submission and access to funding. Country dialogue is essential to deal with strongholds of infection among young women and girls; men who have sex with men; sex workers; people who inject drugs and prisoners. If stakeholders hope to address this epidemic, it is necessary to deal with the strongholds and to have tools available for the most vulnerable. These goals require an inclusive human family.

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Community, Rights, Gender and the New Funding Model: Global Fund Briefing for Technical Assistance Providers

This March 2014 briefing from the Global Fund inludes 60-plus slides that are intended to aid technical assistance providers. The Global Fund recognizes that communities often lack access to the knowledge and information necessary to play an active role in Global Fund processes. Moreover, the impact of HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria programs is often limited because they pay insufficient attention to barriers related to human rights, gender, and other inequalities and exclusions. In order to ensure that all those who are affected by the three diseases play a meaningful role in Global Fund processes, and that these barriers are effectively addressed in grants, the Global Fund Board has approved a special initiative to provide technical assistance to communities and civil society. For more information on the Global Fund’s Community, Rights, and Gender Technical Assistance program, click here.

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SAT Information Workshop on the Global Fund New Funding Model and Community Systems Strengthening

The SAT information workshop on the Global Fund New Funding Model and Community systems strenghtening was held in late Feb/early March 2014 at Crossroads Hotel, Lilongwe, and had the following major objectives:

To review and analyze the national disease strategies and identify gaps in information or evidence.
Review lessons learned from programming supported by or focusing on priorities of civil society and key populations.
Take stock of evidence available to justify programming focusing on KPs and other priority programming areas.
Review and analyze the changes relevant to CS in the new funding model and changes to CSS and clarify roles of the civil society in the NFM.
Identify appropriate partnerships and collaborations to manage ongoing work in the development of a robust and relevant funding proposal.
Develop an effective advocacy strategy for civil society constituents in the CCM and Global Fund board constituencies.
Improve understanding of the Investment Framework and how marginalized groups (including KPs) can act as critical enablers.

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Communities, Civil Society and Health; CSS in the New Funding Model

Support for community systems strengthening (CSS) in the Global Fund Strategy includes the following:

Emphasizes the need to support national systems, defined as “all country systems, including both government and non- government systems”
Strategic Action 1.1 (Ensure appropriate targeting of most at risk populations) includes “make explicit provision in the funding model for greater emphasis on community systems strengthening.”
Strategic Objective 4 (Promote and Protect Human Rights): “The “Gender Equality Strategy” and “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Strategy”, along with support for community systems strengthening are further contributions made by the Global Fund to advancing human rights in the context of the three diseases.

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Introduction to the New Funding Model

This February 2014 guidance from the Global Fund provides an introduction to the new funding model for grant applications. The new model is intended to improve the way the Global Fund
assesses, approves, disburses, and monitors grants.

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Engage!: Practical Tips to Ensure the New Funding Model Delivers the Impact Communities Need

This April 2014 brochure, Engage!: Practical Tips to Ensure the New Funding Model Delivers the Impact Communities Need, provides practical tips to ensure the new funding model delivers the impact communities need. Engage! has four main components:

understanding the new funding model;
determining how civil society should engage with country dialogue;
offering assistance about how civil society should develop concept notes and grants; and
a sample civil society process meeting agenda

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